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[quote]I would love to see if those who claim that music is haram could give me one explicit verse from the Holy Qur’an where this is stated. What I’m looking for is an unequivocal statement from the Qur’an and not a verse which is interpreted so. The best people seem to come up with is Surah 31:6 and I think that this is misunderstood. We should read it in its context. It reads:

[blue]“And there is among men such a one also, who buys alluring tales so that he may lead the people astray from Allah’s way without any knowledge, and make a mockery of the invitation to it. For such people there is a disgraceful torment. When Our revelations are recited to him, he turns his face away disdainfully as though he did not hear them, as though his ears were deaf. Well, give him the good news of a painful torment. However, for those who believe and do good works, there are blissful Gardens wherein they shall live forever. This is a true promise of Allah: He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.”[/blue] [hl]Surah 31:6-9[/hl]

Maulana Mawdudi explains in his commentary of the Holy Qur’an:

[green]”…According to the traditions, when the Quraish, in spite of their best efforts, failed to stop the influence of the Holy Prophet’s message from spreading, they managed to get legends about Rustam and Isfandyar from Iran and arranged singing girls to entertain the people so as to distract them from listening to him”[/green]

When we look at the verse in its full context it should be abundantly clear that the Qur’an is referring to people purchasing idle tales with the intention of misleading people thereby and removing their attention of the Message that the Messenger was presenting to them. The explanation from Mawdudi also explains this. I therefore see nothing whatsoever wrong with listening to music as long as its contends are not bad (e.g. bad language etc).

Peace to all.[/quote]

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